Fr. Laurin Wenig, pastor of St. Mary’s Visitation Parish, Elm Grove, is on administrative leave after the Archdiocese of Milwaukee was notified the week of Feb. 14 of an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor that dates back three and a half decades.MilCathHerald
The district attorney’s office has concluded after reviewing the complaint that the statute of limitations prohibits a prosecution from moving forward, according to Milwaukee County Chief Deputy District Attorney Kent Lovern. “The matter has been referred to our office for the possibility of criminal charges,” he told your Catholic Herald Tuesday. “We’ve taken a look at the matter and we’ve determined that we’re unable to proceed with any sort of prosecution here because the matter – the incident – is barred by the statute of limitations, which restricts the time limit within which a criminal prosecution can be brought, and in this case the allegations relate to an incident that occurred several decades ago, and the statute of limitations in effect at that time was six years meaning that the state had six years to bring a prosecution of that matter after its alleged occurrence,” he said.
“We’ve notified all of the parties involved in this matter that there won’t be – that this office will be prohibited by the statute of limitations from initiating any sort of prosecution here, and so whatever process occurs after that is within the hands of the archdiocese.”
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